weather in England is very humid, sticky / sweaty hot all summer, very long days. Now of course ATM in the shorter days of winter.

Germaine Greer was in Extras, she was the one bad mouthing Ricky's character on a chat show and went to review the play he was in by Ian Mckellen

England weather = the usual uncomfortable summer : HOT, humid & muggy plus an Indian summer / fresh start of winter. As is often the case here, due to the highly varied micro climates in Britain, people speak for themselves subjectively / their location when it comes to describing conditions - they dont speak for the rest of us. Plus they'll focus on the less good stuff now as it's winter here. This year in England the summer went to the second half of October. May, June, early July, September, October = HOT & uncomfortable humidity. September is generally a warm - hot month in England regardless. October can vary a bit more year to year. As for winter so far - the more pleasant mild winter season stuff is now back here this week.

@andrew348

7 ай бұрын

I lived in the UK for two years. Your definition of hot is what Americans consider warm.

@WestcountryboyJamie

7 ай бұрын

Well said andrew, it's hardly ever hot hot in summer in the uk to me

There’s a video similar to this one on KZread called “Karl Pilkington meets The Man With Eternal Life.” By that title alone you know it’s hilarious 😂 I think you’ll love it. Karl talks with a fella who thinks he has eternal life ‘n that. The correct video is about 15-minutes long.

@LilMonkeyFella87

7 ай бұрын

If you use the version I have up of it, you can use it for reactions as it needed some background music at the end removing which can cause trouble some times, which I've seen to

Will Self was hamming his schtick up a bit in this. He's quite a well known author, poet and commentator with a sense of humour so dry it makes the Sahara look like the Pacific Ocean.

I like Will Self, I love his dry humour. I think he is really funny. Theres a video of him from the 90s reviewing Mortal Kombat alongside a "nerd gamer" "1993: Original MORTAL KOMBAT review with Will Self | The Late Show | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive"

Wow, that david icke guy was pretty likeable. He's embraced that outcast status. That's pretty admirable.

weather crap in the USA too, especially from October is really really cold. Stormy, snowy and dismal, but it's normal.

@rossshepherd9836

7 ай бұрын

Sounds good to me.

David Icke needs his own video. To say his ideas are out there is a little bit like saying Karl's head is a little spherical.

@jakemorrison8507

7 ай бұрын

As out there as he is he might be right 😅

I used to work in a bookshop close to the BBC Television Centre and spent a good amount of time talking to Will Self who is a genuinely nice and extremely funny man. Incredbly bright, extremely miserable looking, very funny.

@yorkshireplumbing

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, he seemed alright to me, just has a very cute way of taking the p with you.

@FrancoisDressler

7 ай бұрын

I love him, had a similar experience and I was on the verge of tears from holding in my laughter.

@1funkyflyguy

7 ай бұрын

None of that came across in those clips of him with his interaction with Karl, none!

Karl is not a complicated man. Give him a dremmel and a tub of grout and hes a happy man.

@RockLou

7 ай бұрын

He'll be neck deep in... glunge

@SanxBile

7 ай бұрын

And whatever foodage you got to spare.

@j9lorna

7 ай бұрын

@@SanxBile I live in the same area as Karl and know many of the landmarks he references, Twiggy, Stretford tip, cordon bleu and was also turned down by Tesco. And let me tell you, foodage is a real thing!

I like David Icke he's a legend and he was nice to Karl, would have liked to have seen them doing some more chats together.

Imagine “An Idiot Abroad 4: Karl and that weird pipe-guy.” That would be comedy gold. 😂

@carlmarston1687

4 ай бұрын

I used to think he was an asshole but after watching this like 10 times I’m pretty sure he just wanted to troll Karl. He’s like a darker Ricky G

I mean Ricky doesn’t know as much as he thinks he does

@1funkyflyguy

7 ай бұрын

Fact!

@carlmarston1687

4 ай бұрын

Oh Ricky is such a pseudo intellectual. It’s cringe listening to him try to sound smart

I luv when that guy says to Karl (on the beach), that these people telling you your stupid, are intellectual snobs, programmed to think that way and are imposing it on you - paraphrasing there🤪 But that is Ricky! and even Steve at times. i can't stand them being so scientific all the time and not allowing out-of-box thinking.

Mandy this is what life is like for us everyday in the UK. We literally can get 4 seasons in a single day. Loooool Karl wrote his sit com "sick of it" which I thought was brilliantly funny. That shows you how intelligent he really is.

I think what Will was saying in a parableish-manner was He was talking about nourishing Him because He sees the good and striving nature in Him but He's just at the lower-end.

Hey Mandy, im going through alcohol detox & these videos from you keep me upbeat & positive. Thankyou ❤

@-TheLaughingStock-

8 ай бұрын

I feel ya fella. Stay strong.

@j9lorna

8 ай бұрын

Good on ya bud. Wish my GF had done that

@brianroman4114

8 ай бұрын

Pace yourself. It'll get easier. You got this

@helvete983

8 ай бұрын

One day at a time brother. Use whatever gets you through for support!

@123456twat

7 ай бұрын

keep on keeping on 🕊🕊

Will Self (the pipe-man) was a team captain for a few series of Shooting Stars with Vic and Bob Mortimer. He's very dry and very funny.

That man is Will Self who is an author and worked alongside Bob Mortimer, that was Will being deliberately dry, it was an act.

@CosmicAeon

7 ай бұрын

I'd never really seen him before so I thought he was just a total prick when I saw this. (Well I still think he is. Saying "haha I was just pretending to be a prick" is still being one, at the end of the day)

@johnmulligan455

7 ай бұрын

Will Self didn't like the fact that he wasn't the centre of attention. He's pathetic.

@SketchyMagpie

7 ай бұрын

It doesn't really matter if it's an act or not if you're being a twat to somebody in the process. The end result is the same.

Haven't seen your videos in a while glad to see you again your contagious laughter is great for the head after a stressful day ✌

For random info, the Mensa IQ test has two tests and the final result is averaged. One is the logic-based with shapes, patterns and sequences, while the other is based on the language of the country you're in. You only need to score a certain mark on either of those tests to get into Mensa. These kind of tests are a good marker for your natural processing ability - for example, people who score an average of 120 on both tests will reliably learn significantly quicker than someone who scored 80. The difference is significant; it might take someone with 80 around 2 weeks to learn a concept, or maybe never at all, that same concept could be learnt by the person with 120 in minutes. This is regardless of the topic of the concept being learnt. Although, it shouldn't really be understood as 'higher is better', both of these types of people exist and we shouldn't ignore either side. When it comes to fulfillment in life, ideally each person should be comfortable and be challenged in whatever role would suit them, and society luckily does provide a range of jobs which would allow for that for the most part. I really encourage everyone to take a formal IQ assessment, just to know yourself better and have a better grasp of what challenges and roles would be better for you based on your natural capacity for them!

@pteppic76

7 ай бұрын

I could easily be wrong but I feel that some of Mandy’s tests were not proper IQ tests if they were testing knowledge, I thought that was the whole point of them - to differentiate between knowledge and intelligence. Also, I thought Germaine was incorrect with her choice of words, aren’t ‘clever’ and ‘intelligent’ interchangeable? It’s ’knowledge’ and ‘intelligence’ that mean different things.

@AD270479

7 ай бұрын

@@pteppic76 If they were testing knowledge, they definitely weren't related to IQ. IQ is to do with being able to work things out, rather than your ability to remember something you've been told at some point. There would be no fair & even way to form the test to suit everybody if it was done to test your knowledge... And your other point, intelligence & knowledge are what's similar. Intelligence is having knowledge & being able to apply it academically. Clever is more down to be able to work something out practically & think quickly in certain situations.

Will Self trolling the feck out of Karl is brilliant 😂

Hah, in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, the Dwarves use specially hardened bread as weapons. Sounds like your mother made some like that. :D

Mensa's test is pretty much the same kind of non-verbal pattern recognition/completion multiple-choice questions as the Raven Matrices which is probably what you were given as a child. They used to have more numerical sequences and other stuff, but they've been phasing out anything that could disadvantage people from different cultures or with differing education levels.

Weather's crap in england too but your beautiful smile & happy laughter gets us through😎

Ah, I'd have waited to do this as it gives away a huge moment in episode 14 of XFM

I think you might have misunderstood the First Lady, Germaine Greer. She was trying to show Karl that he was enough just as he is, and so, decided to be critical of those that get high results on the Mensa test.

@davidz3879

7 ай бұрын

Greer loves the c-word & wants it to be the usual term used.

@kianhardwick

7 ай бұрын

@@davidz3879I’ve never understood why people are offended at the word cunt tho it’s just a word like anything. If u just say it like u would anything it looses the meaning and just says what it means

@rossshepherd9836

7 ай бұрын

​@@davidz3879as it should.

@rossshepherd9836

7 ай бұрын

​@@kianhardwickloses*

@cw1774

7 ай бұрын

​@@davidz3879she's australian, all aussies love the c word

This show was great and has a brilliant premise! Karl is always hilarious! The people he met were all smart and entertaining

@1funkyflyguy

7 ай бұрын

Were they?!?!!!

lmao your laugh is infectious thank you for giving me a giggle today

@CMDRRustyDog

7 ай бұрын

It's amazing isn't it? No matter what mood you're in or what day you've had, you can't not get brightened up and laugh with Mandy when she breaks (like that moment with the power cut). Just the best.

Mandy Germaine is a Feminist from the 1970's, well known in the UK & Australia.

Intellectual snobs = Ricky Garvais. A perfect example! of one!

Love your channel mandy 💙

He doesn't know about Tony Benn or Socrates but he knows how to do repairs after Suzanne is heavy handed around the flat.

Karl is a genius at trolling for people to get them to judge him. He knows he's a legend

You won't believe this, but. My Friends and I decided to do a Home Movie but we hadn't a clue what to do it about. Then we came up with the idea of taking the best bits from Two Movies, 'My Left Foot' and 'Free Willy'. So we did that and made our Movie. It's called, 'My Free Foot Willy'. Can you believe that?

As you listen to more of the XFM shows I think you will realise Karl is a lot smarter than people think. Karl was a producer in London before he ever met Ricky and Steve, he was smart enough to know that that show did not need a third 'smart Alec', what it needed was someone to get the best out of R & S, he did that perfectly. He certainly had an unusual upbringing, at least unusual to people who did not grow up in working class / council estates in the North of England so he had lots of material in his memories. He was also smart enough to realise that if he leaned into the 'stupid but funny' persona he could retire from the rat race in his 40s as a millionaire.

Karl's last line "I'm sure I want to be more intelligent because if I was, would I be me any more?" I feel you got a little emotional there. This line sums up the title of the programme - Satisfied Fool. I don't personally think Karl is a fool. He's not smart but he has a very unique way of thinking and in certain areas, I'm sure Karl is actually quite clever. How cool to see Professor Heinz Wolff on there! I watched this guy on TV when I was growing up. He was a fascinating man. He passed away in 2017. Germaine Greer's kitchen...that blue... pretty much my favourite colour, royal blue. Kinda like my car eh? :) I would definitely do my kitchen in that colour. Mine is burgundy atm. David Icke... yeah.. well.. he's put some loony stuff out there that's for sure but he did make the most sense here. Will Self, what a jerk. Kick Karl out (love to see him try) or lather him up in a bath?? I mean, what?? BTW Mandy, if I stop you saying 'fridge' and get you back to dropping the 'f bomb', would I be a fridge fixer? LOL Loved your reaction to this. Up until I got to watch this at four thirty pm, I'd had a crap day. Thank you for brightening it up again Mandy. You are therapy. And I have no idea why I've just teared up writing that. Jeez what's going on? Literally wiping tears off my cheeks here. Anyway, just thanks. I'm going to make a tea. And that smile at 19:10. Don't ever change.

I've always loved how Karl refuses to believe that humans could of became as smart as we are without outside help but is perfectly fine with believing that an alien from another planet could of just because he's seen it in pictures.

@ajivins1

7 ай бұрын

I work with a guy who occasionally kick off about things; "But how did WE come up with jet engines..?" There has to be an alien or supernatural explanation! "So, the Internal Combustion engine... how?" I'm still waiting for his theory on shoes! "But, shoes? How..?" The answer is obviously Alien Cobblers!

Morning from Grimsby UK Mandy! :) weathers crap where I am too 😅 yesterday sun was shining. I love Ricky Gervais and Karl and let's not forget Steve :) the three musketeers

@lloydnorval1989

8 ай бұрын

Plus I've not seen this :D

This country is full of folk whos entire world of worry consists of which chip shop to go to for their tea and whos lives are lived vicariously through soap opera's and x-factor. And they are super happy! Their minds will never be burdened with the knowledge of the heat death of the universe or conflicts happening in other countries.

It amuses me that you thought Germaine and Will were being rude to him but really they were joking with him.

Cool, my home town was on there.

Ricky doesn't think chimps have opposable thumbs, nuff said.

My secondary school too - 1969 - 1971

Hey, I've stuck a rare episode of "An Idiot Abroad" on my account, it's a 20-ish minute preview show they released before season 1 with about 15 minutes of new chat between RS and K that you've not seen before. Some really funny moments in there, worth checking out IMHO but up to you if you want to react to it or not. Just wanted more people to see it and your Pilko reactions inspired me to stick it online. :)

I learnt one thing from this, the 'smart' people never really answered anything without another question, as if they were deflecting onto karl because they themselves didn't know how to answer a simple question, and 2: karl is better off being himself. also screw that guy with the pipe cleaning experiment, that guy was just insane, not smart lol

@DovahFett

7 ай бұрын

Not to defend some of the "intelligent" people in this video, but one thing you learn as you become more knowledgeable about life and the world is that there are very few simple questions. That, and a mark of intelligence is modesty, which is why you will typically not find a more modest group of people than a group of scientists, who despite being experts in their fields will usually downplay how much they know and how certain they are about their findings.

@vaudevillian7

7 ай бұрын

I don’t think they were deflecting as much as they were trying to get him think about it another way and the instinct is to pose that as a question so the other person gets to the realisation themselves that your point 2 is the case rather than them just saying point 2 - because the first approach will have more impact and stick more with the person than just telling them.

Its always raining in the UK! 😄

Will didn’t call him unintelligent he said he was ignorant, which I think Karl has said himself - he doesn’t know a lot of stuff

I fucking LOVE Will Self. I also love Karl (obviously). Oil n Water though. Or "Palmolive " and a bath it seems. Sounds like Will was perhaps trying to throw a monkey wrench into the gears of their contrary dynamic by making that allusion/suggestion. There's a debate with Will Self and Slavoj Zizek that's a lot of fun and worth a watch if you want to see more of him. Karl and Will though...😂😂😂 As awkward as an episode of the British Office

mensa tests are varied and cover every aspect of intelligence. the man was will self and is infact a comedian. i was at warwick university when germaine greer was a lecturer...... no we never met. glad you put this on mandy it was interesting and of course amusing. it's absolutely lashing down in britain at the moment. ta mandy👍

I took the same Cattell B Mensa IQ test that Karl took in this show. That was about 20 years ago, so probably very similar questions. As others have said, it was nothing to do with knowledge and memory of facts, it was about processing information presented to you, a bit like the logic tests you described taking yourself. I got 151 in my test and was a Mensa member for many years, before leaving (for reasons explained on my channel).

Never tire of Karl content. Plenty more to expeirence too. Theres 2hr Monkey News Compilation. Many hrs Of Karls Famous Rockbusters feature, & Karl Vs Steve digs at each other Compilation too :)

@CMDRRustyDog

7 ай бұрын

She'll experience all of those with the XFM shows. :) Can't wait.

Never seen this, thanks.

50 mins of Mandy the other day, 40 mins today.. we are indeed blessed Also the irony of Karl choosing Germaine Greer as an intelligent person lol she once said little girls who sit in their dad's laps is similar to child abuse 🤦

That sounds like Ricky singing that song which I bet he wrote as well.

That last bloke was a nutcase...

I took the mensa test years ago. My score was 137 apparently that's top 5%. The test is varied with like you say recognising geometric shapes / patterns and other types of questions logic, math etc

I knew you would enjoy this Mandy, as for Will Self (the pipe guy), he is what I would call a professional troll/arsehole, he was actually being completely sarcastic when talking to Karl but Karl just didn't realise it, he was taking the piss. It does come across as rude to non-Brits.

Good morning, lady Mandy.

(The weather in Argentina) I mentioned this week that if you have the humid subtropical climate of the American south, that I feel sorry for you, cause summer will literally feel like h3ll, but then I looked into it further and while you ARE in that climate, it doesn't hit as bad as the American south where you are. At least for now. In the south, it gets to be 48.8 degrees Celsius and it stays there for months, and that's before factoring in humidity. This year the humidity was stifling in the south, on top of the temps being hotter and hotter, so that's why the heat hit different. It's here to stay and it's only going to get hotter and hotter and hotter and hotter and hotter in the south, to where one article even asked if Texas will be habitable in the future due tot he heat. After factoring in humidity, heat indexes in some areas got closer to 60 to 65.5 degrees Celsius. And this is what they deal with ALL summer, EVERY summer. That's why I was like "I feel sorry for you" a few days ago. But I saw that for you, that climate is somewhat cooler. But then, you all in that climate think 16 Celsius is COLD?! Try - 28.8 Celsius. THAT'S cold, and I had that during three different winters. And then I had one winter with 66 consecutive days below 6.66 degrees Celsius. So, I get the opposite extreme the south gets. I'd rather get what the south gets.

I live where Karl went. That guy who he was talking to at the house. I would be running out the door 🤣 83 is good!

Great video, you should also watch living with Ricky Gervais Mandy it's hilarious

Sounds like Argentinian weather is the same as the British weather, four seasons in one day 😂

4:08 This is why we call Karl an "Idiot Savant", his a walking talking oxymoron.

Karl is a fantastic writer, his TV series is brilliant

I think the accepted everyday manifestation of intelligence is basically the ability to dogmatically retain information and regurgitate it on command, and if you can do that then you are rewarded through the university system and then a career. In that regard we would call a dog which can learn a repertoire of tricks as intelligent, too. It's more of a party trick than intelligence. Roll over!

@vaudevillian7

7 ай бұрын

That’s not how you get rewarded through the University system though, you are rewarded for how well your argue your point

Karl content that I've never seen before! What a day to be alive.

haha I'd love to see more of the "intelligent" guy. He was the only one who I thought was rude but also in a way where I could still laugh at him and keep talking. I bet he has some great things to say for an hour, while we... buff his bowler hats or whatever other weird shit he does.

I love the guy! Ps. Will Self was play acting here a bit (but he is a miserable bastard) ;)

Why would you think they would ever give him someone normal to talk to? it has to be funny.

lol wil self (rude guy who wanted to soap karl down!) is an author... he has been on comedy shows with bob mortimer... he is very much tongue in cheek, same with Germaine (australian feminist, critic etc)... david icke does seem lovely guy and has genuinely predicted many things that have been happening over the last few years...

@futurez12

7 ай бұрын

But you have to look at all his predictions he got wrong, not just the few that turned out right. He says so much shite that eventually something hits. It's the law of averages.

I thought Germaine came across quite well with how she spoke to Karl, maybe it's a British thing?

He's not stupid, he just struggles to see the world from anyone else's point of view. That's what makes him so funny. That's what I think anyway.

Little girl next door, used to eat worms n snails

I joined Mensa for a while, mainly to have something to put for extra curricular activities on a job application. I found it was mostly science students. I ended up only going the once, as I did find it heavy going talking to them. Many had one area of interest, and would only talk about that. Still, I think Greer was being unnecessarily mean.

David icke would be called a so called conspiracy theorist but a lot of the stuff he has said for the last 30 years has came true

Its weird seeing greer and icke on the telly. Both bombed out these days.

30 - 60 degrees? Does Argentina also use Fahrenheit? Also, your mother's bread might have been dense because the yeast might have died before being added, or if in contact with the salt for too long (salt has anti-bacterial properties).

Brilliant… That shall remain incompetent… This is the word of the Lord.😂😂😂

I think many Brits come across as passive-aggressive to Americans who really don't like it. But it's just different cultures.

will self is a very weird clever funny man

He asked Karl do you want to be intelligent or a happy pig. Karl choose to be a happy pig. Dude was honest. You wasting my time. Dude wasn't wrong

KARL PILKINGTON LIVES 😃

you should watch the cunk videos. she is hilarious as she interviews well known figures who dont realise she is taking the p-ss. she deliberately misconstrues events. you wont be sorry. she is an actress but these will give you a good laugh.

@Harbinger1978

7 ай бұрын

All true. Except one thing. Every expert is told it's part of a comedy show. They are all informed by the producers ahead of time that this is a character, but to react as if it's a genuine interview. Diane Morgan (Cunk) and Brooker have talked about the process before.

Volume is better but still low up to most other KZread videos. Not a big deal. 😁

@arifeannor9573

7 ай бұрын

I dont think its bad at all. I mean yeah it could be louder, always nice to be able to lower it to have some wiggle room but if its really low for you, you need to check your settings or equipment.

The KP journey is a great journey to be on. Enjoy

I was the same as your brother with Maths

Well done Mandy you found something from Karl I’ve never seen 👍🏻

His lack of understanding about the difference between 'him' and his brain perfectly demonstrates that he has issues.

Mandy that makes alot of sense after teaching you, he/she had to have a psychological break and not teach you again, lol im joking but we love you !!

lol I love Germaine Greer she's a proper no-nonsense woman

@thegirlinquestion

7 ай бұрын

and also David Icke's face when Karl starts going on about the fridge guy is amazing. he's aghast!

Germaine Greer doesn't care is she's likable, but that last guy was aweful.

@Noxolia

7 ай бұрын

Although I disagree with Greer about a number of things I've always quite liked her because she just seems to be brutally honest in how she interacts. Will Self, however, always seems to take genuine joy in making people feel stupid and worthless. The only people I've come across who actually like him are people who are equally unpleasant in that way.

It's difficult sometimes for people at opposite ends of the IQ spectrum to communicate. A highly intelligent person might come across as rude and obnoxious, when they're actually just joking around. Doing a bit only works if the other person understands you're doing a bit. Having a high IQ doesn't always mean you have a high EQ. You can be super smart, but if you don't know how to talk to people, if there's layers of implied sarcasm and wit that aren't coming across to the other person, you're going to come off as an unpleasant, arrogant prick. Communication is about more than just speaking the same language, you have to be operating on the same sort of level to get all the unspoken parts. For instance, I found it quite amusing when Will Self essentially said he wanted to give Karl a bath and put him to bed, meaning Karl's childlike "ignorance" invoked a kind of caring, nurturing feeling in him. Whereas, clearly, other people go, wtf is this dude on about?! Communication is rife with pitfalls. So many unintended conflicts happen because of a simple disconnect in communication.

Mandy I've got your neck pain what should I do! My pain is from my neck down to my left shoulder blade! Been in bed in pain so thought I'd watch your upload. Help!

Germaine is well known famous feminist from australia.written many books,1 called the female eunuch!

My IQ test came back negative thank god.

i see how agile and flexible you are with that mosquito killing move, your stiff neck is stiff neck no more😊

I think intelligence is overvalued in society, culturally. It IS important, when it comes to society building, medicine , engineering etc. But interpersonally and about how to live our lives its not the most important thing. Emotions drives us much more. Be empathetic. Be kind, including to your self

@reallivebluescat

7 ай бұрын

In short, dont be Will Self. Prick

Time after time we see Karl getting straight to the heart of things while Ricky and Stephen are disappearing in waves of giggles. He is undeniably on the gloomier end of the scale but that doesn't make him wrong or stupid. Thanks Mandy, I wouldn't have seen this otherwise.